parkrunday 25th October 2025

There were 53 HPH women and 60 HPH men out parkrunning across 46 venues worldwide this week.

Twenty-nine Hyde Park Harriers travelled to try out a new course. Three of these courses were new to the HPH list. These were Parc Coed Gwilym by Sam Dooley; Oude Warande and Balijbos in the Netherlands by Cara Gates and Jessica Wanless respectively.

Parc Coed Gwilym is in the village of Clydach to the north east of Swansea. The parkrun course is two laps on a tarmac path around playing fields, followed by an out and back section along a canal towpath finishing with a further two laps around the playing field. The park includes a variety of sports facilities as well as beautiful walking trails and a flower garden. There is a Heritage and Information Centre alongside the canal. It contains a timeline of the village of Clydach from 1794 to the present day. There is also a Portrait Bench alongside the route in the park. Here you can sit and take a breather while having your photograph taken with local heroes memorialised in steel cut-outs.

The Oude Warande in Tilburg was built in 1712 by order of William VIII of Hesse-Kassel and is one of the few intact star forests in the Netherlands. A star forest is so named because from a central point a number of avenues, usually six or eight, go to the corners and the outer edges. Over the years the park declined but in the 1980s a renovation was begun that was completed in 2008. The old avenues were restored, diseased trees harvested, the bogged pond deepened and ‘wild’ paths removed. A characteristic animal in the Warande is the Siberian ground squirrel. Probably these non-native animals have been left behind from the Tilburg animal park that was located here. The state of the native red squirrel does not seem to be suffering. There are also general songbirds and birds of prey such as buzzard and forest owl. A total of 86 bird species have been counted, all quite common, which applies to the vast majority of the entire flora and fauna. The parkrun course is a single lap in the shape of a windmill with four triangular blades, with the finish in the middle. The course is on unpaved paths.

Balijbos is a nature reserve in a forest in South Holland, Netherlands, known for its walking and running trails. In the middle of the natural forest is a wild, open part that is maintained by Galloway cattle. The parkrun course is two large loops through the forest, followed by a small loop. The entire route is on paved forest paths. Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed at this event.

There were two first finishing Hyde Park Harriers. These were Adam Lomas in 17:07 at Woodhouse Moor and Thomas Moulding in 18:24 at Potternewton.. There were eight PBs. These were by Lucas Johnstone with 18:05 at Woodhouse Moor; Abigail Prudhoe with 21:05 at York; Rosalie Dang with 29:29 at Roundhay; Vicky Houghton 24:37 at Penistone; Paul Farmery with 38:12 and Rebecca Goody with 45:23 at Roberts Park; Sinead O’Hara with 26:08 at Owairaka in New Zealand; and Andrew Carrier with 19:44 at University of Galway in Ireland.

There were no new members of the official parkrun clubs, but Richard Edwards reached 400 parkruns with his run at Woodhouse Moor and Anna Stocks reached 450 parkruns with her run at Roundhay.

Top female Age Grade% was 74.24% by Clare Slorach on her first run at University of Galway and top male Age Grade% was 78.70% by Gordon Crawford at Woodhouse Moor.

Here are the details of this week’s parkrunning Hyde Park Harriers.

Women

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Abigail PRUDHOEYorkUK21:0670.14%37PB
Aisling DAVISRoberts ParkUK23:0863.98%791st
Alexandra Natalie SMITHArmleyUK26:0256.91%149–
Alison HARGREAVESWoodhouse MoorUK23:3466.76%227–
Alys GRIFFITHSPotternewtonUK26:4156.03%374–
Amy RAMSDEN-YOUNGWoodhouse MoorUK23:0265.34%317–
Anna MOGERYorkUK31:5150.34%383–
Anna STOCKSRoundhayUK51:2328.84%450–
Anne AKERSWoodhouse MoorUK38:3754.12%457–
Beverley MILLERPontefractUK30:0667.33%437–
Cara GATESOude WarandeNL36:0941.86%2981st
Caroline SANDERSWoodhouse MoorUK1:01:5526.76%380–
Charlotte Victoria EVAWoodhouse MoorUK42:0435.97%63–
Chrissy DONNELLYEast Holmes FieldUK38:5548.48%891st
Claire HOUGHAMWoodhouse MoorUK35:1246.50%424–
Claire LYONSWoodhouse MoorUK25:3561.50%259–
Clare EVANSBramleyUK27:1854.76%381–
Clare MAXWELLWoodhouse MoorUK1:01:5630.03%517–
Clare SLORACHUniversity of GalwayIE20:2374.24%1671st
Claudia BAUERWoodhouse MoorUK35:1343.45%408–
Eleanor WILLIAMSOak HillUK27:5752.95%3421st
Ellie SHIPPHampstead HeathUK28:0252.79%1441st
Emma AMORKirkwallUK33:2245.10%2541st
Heather FULTONEast Holmes FieldUK36:3341.18%186–
Helen BEDDOWBushyIE29:1550.94%2131st
Helen NOYESNostellUK30:1266.11%3071st
Hilary M Z LUNDPontefractUK32:5166.67%394–
Jane PRUSTWoodhouse MoorUK29:3270.77%235–
Jaz BANGERHWoodhouse MoorUK37:1747.92%745–
Jessica WANLESSBalijbosNL31:4147.19%631st
Julie ROBSONWoodhouse MoorUK35:1153.62%241–
Karly STRINGERPotternewtonUK30:1450.61%259–
Kay JEFFERIESWoodhouse MoorUK42:4444.15%478–
Kristan WEBBEast Holmes FieldUK29:5963.81%2891st
Laura KETTLEWELLChevin ForestUK29:4353.45%2431st
Lesley-Ann DONNELLWoodhouse MoorUK30:5548.95%301–
Liz JONESEast Holmes FieldUK39:3752.76%688–
Louise GARDHAMWoodhouse MoorUK52:1134.24%261–
Lydia WILLIAMSArrow ValleyUK33:3544.37%21–
Manesha CHAUHANAldenhamUK30:5052.00%2301st
Matilda RHODESChesterUK33:1244.58%2741st
Michelle DICKSONWoodhouse MoorUK28:4058.49%105–
Nicola HAROLDHampstead HeathUK43:1136.78%1791st
Rebecca GOODYRoberts ParkUK45:2335.00%123PB
Robyn JOHNSONRothay ParkUK33:1645.69%361–
Rosalie DANGRoundhayUK29:2950.20%163PB
Sarah JEWERSCastle WoodsUK30:3348.45%1541st
Sarah ROBERTSEndcliffeUK25:4157.62%252–
Sarah UNDERWOODWoodhouse MoorUK25:3958.67%260–
Sinead OHARAOwairakaNZ26:0857.21%13PB
Surinder BHATTIWoodhouse MoorUK47:4435.54%359–
Tami BONDMyrtleUK31:4861.01%1101st
Vicky HOUGHTONPenistoneUK24:3763.44%539PB

Men

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Adam LOMASWoodhouse MoorUK17:0777.02%39–
Adam SUMNALLRoundhayUK22:1758.34%161–
Alan BESWICKNostellUK27:2759.99%1741st
Alex FELLSBramleyUK29:1844.54%119–
Alexander PERKINWoodhouse MoorUK25:1251.26%147–
Andrew BLACKWoodhouse MoorUK19:1771.31%139–
Andrew CARRIERUniversity of GalwayIE19:4465.71%136PB
Andrew P NICHOLLSFavoritaIT26:4563.86%556–
Andy JUDDWoodhouse MoorUK23:5267.18%367–
Bartosz LEWANDOWSKIHartlepoolUK30:4146.22%3121st
Chris CARRICKWoodhouse MoorUK28:4250.58%320–
Chris HARRISRoberts ParkUK26:5449.63%145–
Chris JONESEast Holmes FieldUK24:2571.40%776–
Chris WORFOLKCabinteelyIE28:0847.81%424–
Curtis PARKER-MILNESWoodhouse MoorUK28:2045.76%255–
Daniel CLAYTONBatterseaUK17:4772.54%981st
Daniel WAASThonock Lane FarmUK29:5547.02%547–
David GREALYKnocknacarraIE23:3856.91%220–
David HOULDEast Holmes FieldUK28:4055.93%181st
Derrick MACEYDoddington HallUK33:1746.57%61–
Dominic O’KEYBrook LeysUK22:0359.49%1791st
Gary GRANTBallincolligIE22:3460.04%206–
Gordon CRAWFORDWoodhouse MoorUK23:1978.70%264–
Harry WEBSTERWoodhouse MoorUK20:4062.58%42–
Jack HOLLANDWoodhouse MoorUK24:1156.86%77–
Jamie DOBSONDrumpellier CountryUK27:0550.03%356–
Jamie RYANRothwellUK24:0853.87%372–
Joe LAWLEYCastle WoodsUK30:3342.72%2091st
John BLATHERWICKEast Holmes FieldUK23:0258.39%4371st
Jonathan PRYORCentre ValeUK27:3048.24%2261st
Jonathan SPAINBushyIE21:2062.19%1761st
Josh DAWSONLister ParkUK27:3648.07%70–
Lee TAYLORPotternewtonUK23:4361.21%137–
Lucas JOHNSTONEWoodhouse MoorUK18:0571.34%134PB
Mark HADDRILLWoodhouse MoorUK27:1051.41%415–
Mike GALLAGHERYorkUK19:1671.89%136–
Nick PAYNEWoodhouse MoorUK24:2856.61%123–
Nick SHAKHLEVICHConyngham HallUK23:2557.44%125–
Nigel WALLISWoodhouse MoorUK21:4966.00%121–
Paul FARMERYRoberts ParkUK38:1236.56%181PB
Paul MILLIGANRothwellUK21:2266.38%124–
Paul RAMSDENWoodhouse MoorUK24:1860.70%278–
Paul SAWYERWoodhouse MoorUK21:5363.29%291–
Phil HAMMONDWoodhouse MoorUK38:2243.70%201–
Phil LINDSAYWoodhouse MoorUK44:2341.34%525–
Philip FISHERKeswickUK22:5757.44%2671st
Ralph KIDNERWoodhouse MoorUK36:4648.55%382–
Reuben GIBBONSMiddleton WoodsUK21:4361.47%71st
Richard EDWARDSWoodhouse MoorUK30:5547.33%400–
Richard PULLANRoundhayUK30:4855.47%445–
Rob MACDOWALLRothwellUK19:1866.84%26–
Rob RILEYFitzmaurice ParkUK24:1853.36%263–
Sam DOOLEYParc Coed GwilymUK23:5568.85%4291st
Simon BURTONRoundhayUK23:0458.74%52–
Stephen PRUSTWoodhouse MoorUK38:0244.52%221–
Thomas MOULDINGPotternewtonUK18:2470.65%198–
Thomas NAISBYStewartUK22:2358.90%30–
Timothy LINLEYWoodhouse MoorUK21:2165.42%142–
Tom WALKERPotternewtonUK22:2559.18%97–
William DOWConyngham HallUK26:3449.94%96–